The must-try "benchmark" CD! [link and details inside]
Dec 4, 2006 at 8:53 PM Post #91 of 256
thanks for hosting. i'm going to try this out when i get home after work on my aria and hd595's.
 
Dec 4, 2006 at 9:22 PM Post #92 of 256
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Originally Posted by cvince /img/forum/go_quote.gif
doesn't itunes resample audio from all inputs anyways?

itunes basically kills the benefits of using ALAC


only in windodws - in OSX it is bit-perfect
 
Dec 4, 2006 at 9:55 PM Post #93 of 256
Thanks guys! I'm downloading with my craptastic DSL. ~ 40-50kb/s from the pointstone link that was posted. I can't wait till its done (~2hrs
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) so i can hear it ony my foobar > emu1212m > toslink > zhaolu d2c> HD555. I just got my zhaulo d2 today so i'm a bit excited (a little too excited, sorry). Thanks again!
 
Dec 4, 2006 at 10:18 PM Post #94 of 256
waiting...for about 45 mins more. I wonder if this will make any difference on my eH150's? lol. craptastic.
 
Dec 5, 2006 at 12:45 AM Post #95 of 256
Wow! This CD is insane!! Thats all i can say about it. My face was literally like this =O during the whole first track.
 
Dec 5, 2006 at 8:19 AM Post #97 of 256
Does anybody know where to get more of the stuff that Track 1 comes from? I could listen to this kind of stuff all day when its recorded this well. Its amazing. Anybody know what cd it might have come from or anything like that? A whole cd of it would be great.
 
Dec 5, 2006 at 11:02 AM Post #98 of 256
Isn't it amazing the results you can get when a recording is designed for headphones!

Some awesome stuff here, but what are the 'noises' on track 5 (the beethoven? piano track) Is that noise from the piano, or the pianist? strange

Track one is amazingly recorded, if not my sort of thing. The binaural ambient recordings (the water! the fireworks) are breathtaking.

Heard through my laptop and my 565 this is great, I really need to burn the CD and get it through my home system!

Thanks to everyone for taking the time to share this!
 
Dec 5, 2006 at 11:44 AM Post #100 of 256
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Originally Posted by jdimitri /img/forum/go_quote.gif
That's the guy breathing


Yeah, thought so. You don't often hear that on a recording (not that I listen to much Piano, other than my other half playing)
 
Dec 5, 2006 at 10:34 PM Post #101 of 256
^ +1. You can even hear the audience coughing and moving.
 
Dec 5, 2006 at 10:38 PM Post #102 of 256
Yeah, I was totally not expecting the clarinet to sound like that. I was expecting some exquisite quality, but to have it sound like its coming from across my room, thats just nuts. And the ambient noise is so sweet
 
Dec 15, 2006 at 5:24 AM Post #103 of 256
Oh my god the nature sounds were surreal. The 20th track was breath-taking.
 
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